Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Tunicata > Class Ascidiacea > Order Aplousobranchia > Family Polyclinidae

Aplidium Savigny, 1816

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Amouroecium*	Milne Edwards, 1841	orthographic variant
*Amaroucium*	Milne Edwards, 1841	synonym
*Fragarium*	Giard, 1872	synonym
*Sidnyum*	Savigny, 1816	synonym

Children

Aplidium aegeaensis (Hartmeyer, 1904)
Aplidium albicans (Milne Edwards, 1841)
Aplidium appendiculatum (Michaelsen, 1923)
Aplidium asperum Drasche, 1883
Aplidium bermudae (Van Name, 1902)
Aplidium brementi (Harant, 1925)
Aplidium caeruleum (Sluiter, 1906)
Aplidium coeruleum Lahille, 1890
Aplidium conicum (Olivi, 1792)
Aplidium densum (Giard, 1872)
Aplidium elegans (Giard, 1872)
Aplidium enigmaticum Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1973
Aplidium gibbulosum (Savigny, 1816)
Aplidium glabrum (Verrill, 1871)
Aplidium griseum Kott, 1992
Aplidium haouarianum (Pérès, 1956)
Aplidium hyalinum (Pérès, 1956)
Aplidium inversum (Pérès, 1959)
Aplidium lobatum Savigny, 1816
Aplidium mediterraneum (Hartmeyer, 1909)
Aplidium mutabile (Sars, 1851)
Aplidium nema Monniot F. & Monniot C., 1976
Aplidium nordmanni (Milne Edwards, 1841)
Aplidium ocellatum Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1987
Aplidium pallidum (Verrill, 1871)
Aplidium polytrema (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1983)
Aplidium proliferum (Milne Edwards, 1841)
Aplidium pseudolobatum (Pérès, 1956)
Aplidium punctum (Giard, 1873)
Aplidium radicosum (Monniot C. & Monniot F., 1979)
Aplidium sagresensis Ramos-Espla, Turon & Vazquez, 1993
Aplidium schaudinni Hartmeyer, 1903
Aplidium spitzbergense Hartmeyer, 1903
Aplidium tabarquensis Ramos-Espla, 1991
Aplidium translucidum (Ritter, 1901)
Aplidium tridentatum (Daumézon, 1909)
Aplidium turbinatum (Savigny, 1816)
Aplidium undulatum Monniot F. & Gaill, 1978
Aplidium urgorrii Vazquez, 1994

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Sea pork sources: Volvenko, I. V.; Orlov, A. M.; Gebruk, A. V.; Katugin, O. N.; Ogorodnikova, A. A.; Vinogradov, G. M.; Maznikova, O. A. (2019). Checklist of the trawl macrofauna from the North Pacific and adjacent seas with information about fishery importance, potential product yield, and price range, supplement to: Volvenko, Igor V; Orlov, Alexei M; Gebruk, Andrey V; Katugin, Oleg N; Ogorodnikova, Alla A; Vinogradov, Georgy M; Maznikova, Olga A (in prep.): Trawl macrofauna of the Far-Eastern Seas and North Pacific: proportion of commercial species, potential product yield, and price rang. Earth System Science Data. PANGAEA - Data Publisher for Earth & Environmental Science.

Japanese: マンジュウボヤ属 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Russian: Колониальная асцидия

Literature

original description	Savigny, J. C. (1816). Memoires sur les animaux sans vertebres. Paris. 2: 1-239.
basis of record	Monniot, C. (2001). Ascidiacea & Sorberacea. In: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels. 50: pp. 352-355.
additional source	Sanamyan, K. (2007). Database of extant Ascidiacea. Version of 2 November 2007.
additional source	Howson, C.M. & B.E. Picton. (1997). The species directory of the marine fauna and flora of the British Isles and surrounding seas. Ulster Museum Publication, 276. The Ulster Museum: Belfast, UK. ISBN 0-948150-06-8. vi, 508 (+ cd-rom) pp.

Genbank

Citation

Shenkar, N.; Gittenberger, A.; Lambert, G.; Rius, M.; Moreira da Rocha, R.; Swalla, B.J.; Turon, X. (2025). Ascidiacea World Database. Aplidium Savigny, 1816. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103471